The Kremlin said in a statement: “Two drones targeted the Kremlin, and following timely measures taken by the military and special services using radar warfare systems, both drones were disabled.” And, “As a result of the terrorist act, the president was not injured, his schedule has not changed and he is continuing as usual. There were also no casualties during of the attack and scattering of drone shards on the territory of the Kremlin.”
The operation was denied by Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who clarified that Ukraine was not targeting Putin or Moscow, but was only fighting on its territory.
However, according to experts, it will be at the center of a major turning point in the Russian-Ukrainian war, as the Ukrainian side sees it as a pretext to justify a major bombardment and incursion before the imminent Ukrainian counterattack, while the Russians see it as a strong motive for a revenge operation supposed to target the Ukrainian president himself.
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The attack on the Kremlin is the first of its kind since Russia began its war in Ukraine early last year, signaling a major shift in the ongoing battle equation. Here, Vorogtsov Starikov, a Russian researcher at the Volsk military institution “says that Moscow’s response will be at the right time, not now. It is necessary to know the details of the attack and the marches used, because Washington will was previously committed to not supplying Kiev with any weapons aimed at Russian depth.Regarding the implementation tool, Vorogtsov Starikov expected the drones to be launched from inside Moscow by Ukraine, to assured that they would not be detected if launched from inside Ukraine due to the distance, pointing out that drones flying at low altitudes are difficult to detect easily by air defense devices, they are rather controlled.It is electronically placed in the air and dropped in an area called “safety” to ensure that no injuries occur.The Russian researcher from the military institution “Volsk” confirmed that during the operation, Russian air defense managed to electronically control the marchers before they carried out their terror attack, and the investigation is still ongoing on where the marches were launched.
Russian threat
The deputy head of Russia’s National Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has called for the “get rid of” the Ukrainian president and his cronies after the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin was attacked by two drones. Medvedev said: “The drone attack leaves Russia no choice but to get rid of Zelenskyy and his associates.”
Earlier, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin demanded today, Wednesday, the use of weapons capable of deterring and destroying the Kiev regime. He added in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that Russia should not negotiate with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the alleged attack, for which Kyiv has denied responsibility.
Ukrainian denial
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country was not targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin or the Russian capital, Moscow, stressing that the military only fights on Ukrainian soil.
Washington’s position
The US camp has cast doubt on Moscow’s version. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Washington views anything released by the Kremlin with suspicion and that we treat any statement released as “containing a lot of exaggeration”. .
Fabricate the attack?
Here, Vadim Aristovich, an international affairs scholar at Ukraine’s Tavrisky University, says there is every reason to believe the question is exaggerated and away from Ukrainian involvement.
And Vadim Aristovich adds, during his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that the Kremlin is trying to use the incident, which he describes as “artificial”, as a sham internal propaganda in the run-up to local elections. then presidential elections next March, and is also preparing a prelude to more bloody attacks against civilians in Kiev and throughout Ukraine.
The international affairs scholar from Ukraine’s Tavrisky University pointed to all Russian media’s moves following the incident and blaming Kiev without investigation or evidence, which confirms the attack was fabricated for other purposes which will be revealed in the last few days.
Ukrainian provocation?
Against this background, Dr. Asef Melhem, Director of the Moscow-based Center for GCM Studies, confirms that the process is an escalation and a radical transformation. Russia has disappeared since the beginning of the war, targeting decision-making centers and Zelenskyy in Kiev, and what happened is a real provocation and the beginning of the counterattack that the West has been looking for for months. .
Melhem explained, during his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that Andrei Yermak, the adviser to the director of Zelenskyy’s office, 5 hours before the attack, he gasped, via Telegram, a cartoon image of a missile, knowing that at that time there were no strikes or targets, and Melhem continued: “Director Zelenskyy’s office always anticipates any Ukrainian attack or resounding operation with emojis.
Asef Melhem expected, in his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that the battlefield would in fact expand as a result of Moscow’s forthcoming intensification of bombardments in Ukraine, and this could push Poland or Moldova to get directly involved, and therefore Belarus would side with Moscow, and this is where the spark of World War III was ignited.
Melhem ruled out the Russian planning theory of the incident as justification for stepping up the strikes, saying, “The shelling is already going on and the battles are raging, and Moscow doesn’t want any justification for something that is already in progress. happening.
The answer will be in the sky of Kyiv
In the same context, political science researcher Muhammad Nabil says the next few hours will see heavy Russian bombardment of Kiev and government institutions as well as vital towns adjacent to Kiev in an explicit and direct response to the attack on the Kremlin, and Russia used this strategy before that at the beginning of the war before the Russian withdrawal to eastern Ukraine and the Donbass region.
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